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The Unite union has called a march and rally against the closure of the Honda car plant in Swindon

Bad news has been hitting the British car industry since the start of the year. In January Jaguar Land Rover announced 4,500 redundancies, mostly in Britain.

The threat to the jobs of 3,500 Honda workers in Swindon shows bosses’ contempt for workers.

The Unite and GMB unions suspended a programme of rolling walkouts at Cammell Laird shipyard after bosses agreed to delay job cuts.

Workers have declared victory at Street Crane after strikes won them a 3 percent pay rise without strings.

Commentators, business and union leaders, say that Brexit is to blame for car factory closures. It’s really down to firms’ fear that overproduction will hit profits, argues Sarah Bates

Tyre-maker Michelin's threat to 850 jobs has to be met by action from the unions. 

Bosses won’t let us benefit from advances in technology unless we fight them, argues Tomáš Tengely-Evans

Alistair Farrow looks at why car industry fat cats say they might move production abroad after Brexit

Workers making Rolls-Royce cars in Goodwood, West Sussex, struck for the first time in almost 40 years last Friday.

Includes short reports from the latest strikes in manufacturing, IT services, higher education, local government, plus news from abortion rights, housing and climate change campaigns

Calling on the Tories to back ‘British firms’ will only harm workers’ interests, argues Dave Sewell